A cobpobatioh



H. H. KONERMAN AND R. C. LEIMBERGER.

PAPER FEED FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27. 1019.

1,316,581. PatentedSept. 23,1919.

GROCERIE$ TATES rarrir anion.

- H. KONERMAN, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, AND ROBERT C. LElTmBERGi-ER, 01E

OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CINCHTNATT, OHIO, ASSIGNOBS TO THE GLOBE REGISTER CQMPANEZ', 0F CIE'CINNATT,

PAPER-FEED FOR AUTOGHIC REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patenimgd @gpi'm 23 391%,

Application filed May 27, 1919. Serial No. 300,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY H. KONER- MAN and RO ERT C. LEIMBERGER, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Newport and Cincinnati, in the counties .of Campbell and Hamilton and States of Kentucky and Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Feeds for Autographic Registers, of which the followa certain length of-paper has been fed out.

of the register.

This object is attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which :f

Figure 1, is a plane view of the front end of an autographic register suppliedwith a paper feeder embodying our invention,

Fig. 2, is a sectional view taken upon line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a detail view partly in section and partly in elevation of one of the roside of the casing tatable contact members which cooperate with the feed rolls.

Fig. 4, is a view of the details of the feed shaft and means for causing it to rotate in one direction.

Referring to the parts:

'The autographic register upon which we have illustrated our feeder as being attached has the usual casing A within which the rolls of paper ar -mounted and has at its forward end the sual writing plate, which is placed at the front of the machine so as to register with the opening a in the hinged top A, the hinges of which are at the rear end, not shown, of the register. Upon one A is mounted a carbon paper roll A. ll of these parts are of well known construction and need not therefore be more specifically described.

In the front walls of the casing is ,journaled feed shaft B upon which are mounted I feed rolls b, b.

top of the front plate A of the casing, so

that the periphery of the feed rolls, in their rotation, is flush with the upper face of the plate A Mounted vertically above the shaft B, is a support bar D, which is mounted upon standards (2, 01" which are secured to the sides of the casing by means of screws 0?, (Z Standards d, d have inwardly projecting sides 05* between which the reduced ends of the support bar D are mounted upon pins d, d", which are made removable.

Support bar D has mounted reciprocably upon it a shift bar E which carries journal 7 boxes 6, e for rotatable contact members, which preferably consists of metallic balls 6 e The journal boxes 6, e are mounted upon the shift bar E in position such that in its normal position the contact devices 0 e are in central alinement with the feed rolls 6, b.

To permit reciprocation of the shift bar E upon the support bar D, the shift bar is mounted upon the support bar by large headed screws 6, e the shanks of which pass through longitudinal slots e, e, in the shift bar, which has a central slot in which is located a spring 6 which at one end is secured to the bar E and at the other end to the bar D, and is adapted tohold the end of the slots 6, e in contact with the screws 6 6 in which position of these parts the balls 6 e are in'alinement with the feed rolls 6, b. To enable the operator to shift the bar E there is a knob F whose shank projects through a slot 01 in the su portbar D and slot 9 in the housing G. ousing G is mounted upon the casing by having its sides slotted to pass over the enlargements upon the shanks of the screws (Z (i The journal boxes e, e are in the form of .cylindrical cups which have at one end ball bearings 6 The balls e 6 are of the diameter of the cups.

Each web of paper H, H has in it two series of alined holes, each series being spaced transversely a distance apart equal to the distance between the balls 0 0 The longitudinal distance between the holes in a series may be varied according to the length of paper that it is desired to have in each ticket, that is to be severed by the cutting edge A of the'register.

In use the webs H, H, from the rolls of paper, having had the holes inthem regis tered, are passed over the front plate A and between the feed rolls 6, b and the balls 0 e", in position such that the series of holes in the webs are in alinement with the balls 0 a which will hold the webs in contact with the feed rolls 6, 6 until such time as the holes in the paper register with the balls 6 6 A rotation of the feed shaft will cause the paper to be fed forward )until the balls register with the holes in the paper, in which position further rotation of the feed shaft is ineffective for feeding the paper. To feed the paperforward it is then necessary to shift the shift bar E to one side so as to draw the balls out of the holes in the paper and to cause them to hold the paper in contact with the feed rolls at the peripheries of the holes in the paper. Rotation of the shaft will then feed the paper forward. Thereupon the operator releases knob F and the spring 6 returns the balls to-their normal position in alinement with the series of holes. Rotation of the crank .then will continue to feed the sheets of paper forward until the balls register with the next holes in the paper.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In a paper feed for autographic registers the combination of feed rolls, rotatable contact members, means for mounting the contact members so that they may be held in a normal position in contact with the feed rolls and may be shifted to one side of the normal position.

v 2. In a paper feed for autographic registers the combination of feed rolls, a shift bar, means for mounting the shift bar adjacent to the feed rolls and a rotatable contact device mounted upon the shift bar in contact with the feed rolls.

3. In a paper feed for autographic registers the combination of a feed roll, a shift teiatei bar, means for mounting the shift bat ad secured upon the feed shaft, a support bar' secured upon the casing in alinement with the feed shaft, a shift bar mounted reciprocably upon the support bar, and rotatable contact devices mounted upon the shift bar in alinement with the feed rolls.

5. The combination of a casing of an autographic register, a feed shaft mounted in the forward end of the casing, feed rolls secured upon the feed shaft, a support bar secured upon the casing in alinement with the feed shaft, a shift bar mounted recipro-,

cably upon the support bar, journal boxes secured upon the shift bar in alinement with the feed rolls and balls mounted in the journal boxes and adapted to contact with the feed rolls.

6. The combination of a casing of an autographic register, a feed shaft mounted in the forward end of the casing, feed rolls secured upon the feed shaft, a support bar secured upon the casing in alinement with the feed shaft, a shift bar mounted reciprocably upon the supportbar, journal boxes mounted upon the shift bar in alinement with the feed rolls, ball hearings in the top of the journal boxes and contact balls mounted in the journal boxes and adapted to contact with the ball bearings and with the feed rolls.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 26th day of May,

HARRY H. KONERMAN. ROBERT C. LEIMBERGER. 

